Book Illumination in the Middle Ages: An Introduction (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)

Book Illumination in the Middle Ages: An Introduction (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History) image
ISBN-10:

1872501761

ISBN-13:

9781872501765

Released: Apr 01, 1994
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
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Description:

Based on lectures given at the University of Vienna, this book examines all types of book decoration and illumination between late Antiquity and the Renaissance from the point of view of format and style. Pacht explains the basic vocabulary and concepts by which this art-form is to be understood, and offers insights into the philosophy, theology, technology and culture underlying its history. His subjects include pictorial decoration in the organic structure of the book; the initial; bible illustration; didactic miniatures; illustration of the apocalypse; illustration of the psalter; the conflict of surface and space. Now available in paperback.












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